Sleep Better with the White Noise Mobile App

If you're like me, sleeping in absolute silence is a little unnerving, and a little white noise does wonders to help. Whether you're suffering from tinnitus or you just like to sleep to the sounds of thunder and rain, the White Noise mobile app for the iPhone, Android devices, and BlackBerry phones can help you relax and fall asleep wherever you are.

White Noise comes in two versions: the "White Noise Lite" free version for the iPhone, Android, and Palm phones that gives you a few sample sounds (which may be enough for a lot of people) and the full version that's available for the iPhone, Android Phones, and the BlackBerry for $1.99 US, and Windows Mobile and Palm WebOS versions available for $2.99 US.

The free version includes 10 sample sounds, including some of the most popular like a running fan, the sound of an airplane cabin, crickets in a forest, and the sounds of a train rolling along its tracks. The full version allows the app to run in the background, and adds another 30 sounds to the app so you can choose between light storms or heavy rain, beach waves or thundering ocean waves, and more.

When I travel, it can be a little difficult to fall asleep comfortably in a strange place unless you're really tired or looking forward to it. With White Noise, all you have to do is plug your headphones into your phone, or put the phone on your bedside table, and turn on the app.

Both White Noise and White Noise Lite include timers so the app will turn itself off after a specified period of time, but only the full version allows the app to run in the background, even if your mobile phone supports it, so you can check your e-mail or use another app while White Noise is running.

The lite version is a great way to get a good feel for the app and whether or not the utility will work for you. The app allows you to create multiple timers that you can toggle depending on what you want the app to do. For example, you can tell the app to turn off after three hours, trusting that you'll be long asleep after 3 hours and you don't want the app to drain your battery, or you can tell it to run all night and then toggle your phone's alarm sound when it's time for you to wake up.

You can even create a playlist of the included sounds so you can fall asleep listening to thunderstorms and then change over to ocean waves sometime during the night. You can mix and match sounds together to create new sound combinations.

Whether you like a little ambient sound to help you get to sleep or you just want to make a dull hotel room feel a little cozier with the sound of a ticking clock, White Noise is a worthwhile app to have.

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